Polare 83

Issued April 2010

(The Gender Centre advise that this edition of Polare is not current and as such certain content, including but not limited to persons, contact details and dates may not apply. Where legal authority or medical related matters are cited, responsibility lies with the reader to obtain the most current relevant legal authority and/or medical publication.)

The Manager's Report

Report on the achievement of norrie-mAy-welby in having her Recognised Details Certificate re-issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages with the Gender line marked "Not specified", by Katherine Cummings

Editorial

Transphobia, fear of those who are transgendered, is not only irrational, it is not even innate, as other phobias are, but learned from society and passed on intentionally by education and example, by Katherine Cummings

Book Review

"The Transgendered Child" by Stephanie Brill and Rachel Pepper, reviewed by Elizabeth Ann Riley

Book Review

"F.T.M.: The Boy Within" by Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy, reviewed by Katherine Cummings

Transgender and the Gender Order

One of the most dramatic proofs of the social character of gender is the fact that different societies recognise different gender categories, by Raewyn Connell

Syphilis: History, Recognition and Treatment

Syphilis is an infection caused by a microscopic bacterium called Treponema Pallidum, Maggie Smith R.N.

Q. & A.

Adoption and the Passports, two of the questions answered in this edition's Questions & Answers column, by Katherine Cummings

Jin Xing: Role Model For Millions

The story of Jin Xing, Chinese dancer that underwent gender affirmation surgery in 1996, by Katherine Cummings

Language is a Many Splendoured Thing

New words are constantly created in English, as in most languages, but few of these become permanently embedded like Virginia Prince's "transgenderism", by Katherine Cummings

Your Online Life Could Leave You Stuck Forever

Tips to ensure your online life doesn't keep you from earning the living you need, by Paige Breen

Read This: It's Important

Medicare has given new hope for those who would like to claim more fully on their surgical procedures of gender affirmation, by Katherine Cummings

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